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.Dd $Mdocdate: February 16 2014 $
.Dt DIRNAME 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dirname
.Nd return directory portion of pathname
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm dirname
.Ar pathname
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
deletes the filename portion, beginning
with the last slash
.Pq Sq \&/
character to the end of
.Ar pathname ,
and writes the result to the standard output.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std dirname
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following line sets the shell variable
.Ev FOO
to
.Pa /usr/bin :
.Pp
.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/tail`
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr basename 1 ,
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr sh 1 ,
.Xr dirname 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared as an
.Xr expr 1
script in
.At III .
It was reimplemented in C for
.Bx 4.3 Reno
and reimplemented again using
.Xr dirname 3
for
.Ox 2.2 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The original
.Bx
version was written by
.An Keith Bostic .
The current
.Ox
version was written by
.An Todd Miller Aq Mt millert@openbsd.org .
